CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 201617 Creative Partnerships

In This Issue General amp Members Newsmdash1-2

Federal and Provincial Updatesmdash5 Advocacy Networks mdash3

Job Opportunities Summer Schools mdash4

Open Classes Auditions Calls Workshops New Membersmdash5

Performance Eventsmdash6

H E A D L I N E S mdashnews from Ontariorsquos polycultural dance sector

JulymdashSeptember 2017

Headlines is a publication of Dance

Ontario Association Founded in 1976

and incorporated not-for-profit (1985)

the Association is a dynamic cross sec-

tion of Ontariorsquos dance sector from

internationally renowned companies to

individual dance artists and production

professionals

Dance Ontario Association

15 Case Goods Lane 304

Toronto ON M5A 3C4

T 416 204 1083

contactdanceontarioca

wwwdanceontarioca

STAFF

Rosslyn Jacob Edwards

Amy Hampton Julie McLachlan

Peter Kelly (Network Coordinator)

Taisa Petruk (WDN) Lauren Foy (SDN)

Richard Kim (ASSMN)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Samara Thompson (Chair)

Jennifer Watkins (Vice Chair)

Cynthia Lickers-Sage (Treasurer)

Sashar Zarif (Secretary)

Lola Ryan (Past Chair)

Catherine Carpenko Jesse Dell

Alan Faigal Jade Jager Clark Debra

Kapp Kate Lowe

Tina Nicolaidis Ofilio Sinbadinho

Yasmina Ramzy

DOYB (Dance Ontario Youth Board)

Jade Jager Clark (Chair)

Una Wabinski

Makeda Benitez

Madison Gray

and the 2017-18 Commissions go to hellip Shameka Blake and Riley Sims At a recent meeting the Dance Ontario Commissioning Committee (Jesse Dell Tina Nicolaidis Lola Ryan Ofilio Sinbadinho Jennifer Watkins) selected Riley Sims and Shameka Blake to present new works at DanceWeekendrsquo18 Shameka Blake a graduate of George Brown College will create Child Sol-dier a work set in a small remote village in Kenya where a guerilla unit violently kidnaps a child destroying his home and killing his family As he is groomed into the life of a child soldier he resists conforming to this foreign culture of brutality Ultimately his fight is in vain and he joins the ranks as yet another child soldier In collaboration wih Krump choreographer and dancer Amadeus ldquoPrimalrdquo Marquez award winning dancerchoreographer Shameka will bring an urban take on a serious political issue

Riley Sims of Social Growl Dance will present Old New Borrowed Blue a visceral eccentric animalistic and emotionally stirring contemporary dance piece performed by four female dancers Clarke Blair Wing Sheung Chan Ana Groppler and Jolyane Langlois A graduate of the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and recipient of SummerWorksrsquo Risk and Innovation Award Riley is Dance Mattersrsquo Residency and Commission Artist of 2016-17

Barrier FreeDiverse

Abilities Dance

Apolonia Velasquez is the recipient of the 2017 KM Hunter Artist Awards ldquoWe are very im-pressed at the caliber of artists our awards attract and wish all the winners this year great success in the pursuit of their workrdquo says Sa-rah Hunter President KM Hunter Charitable Foundation ldquoWe also would like to thank Eleanor Hart Damiano Pietropaolo and Bernard Leroux in helping chair our juries this year We welcome this years winners into the growing family of artists who have received the KM Hunter Artist Awardsrdquo Emily Cheung will be cele-brating her 10th Anniversary as Artistic Director of Little Pear Gar-den Dance Company TAPA lsquos Dora Mavor Moore award recipients in the Dance Division were as follow what itrsquos like Outstanding Produc-tion adelheidHeidi Strauss Ylem (3 Eggs Ago) Outstanding Original Choreography Lina Cruz (DanceWorks Throwdown Collec-tive ) Kittly-Bender Outstanding Perfor-mance - Female Jennifer Dallas (DanceWorks CoWorks) Crave Outstanding Performance - Male Michael Caldwell ( Kaeja drsquoDance) Congratulations

Member Profile Susan Green Mitzvah Technique Teacher Training School The Mitzvah Technique is a gentle and dynamic discipline which helps correct the source of postural alignment problems tension and strain It helps solve difficult and multiple problems Dancers use it before during and after dance ac-tivities to achieve higher legs and jumps and freedom of movement Movement quality is refined to support more fluid and expressive performers and choreogra-phers Susan Greenrsquos teacher training course qualifies Mitzvah Technique Teachers in a three level teacher diploma course Students learn to perform and teach Ne-hemiarsquos Mitzvah Technique through verbal and hands on chair stool barre wall floor movement exercises and tablework susan-greendancecom

Barrier Free Venues (performancesworkshops

classes)

AKI Studio TheatreNative Earth Performing Arts 585

Dundas St E Toronto nativeearthca

Dancemakers Centre for Creation 15 Case Goods

Lane Studio 312 Toronto dancemakersorg

Harbourfront Centre (Fleck Dance Theatre

Harbourfront Centre TheatreStudio Theatre

Brigantine Room) harbourfrontcentrecom

Intergalactic Arts Collective

Miles Natal JCC Jewish Community Centre 750 Spadi-

na Avenue Toronto mnjccorg

Pia Bouman Studios piaboumanschoolorg

The Citadel 304 Parliament St Toronto cole-

manlemieuxcom

Theatre Centre 1115 Queen Street W Toronto thea-

trecentreorg

Trinity St Pauls Church

Integrated and Disabled Dance Companies amp Per-

formers (Ontario)

Abilities Arts Festival Toronto in-

foabilitiesartsfestivalorg

Dance Ability Movement Mississauga danceabil-

itymovementcom

Lawrence Shapiro (Dancer) httpcalinkedincom

lawrence-shapiro-43977719

Maxine Heppner (Dancer

Choreographer) acrossoceansorg

Peggy Baker (DancerChoreographer) peggybaker-

dancecom

Picasso PRO picassoproorg

Propeller Dance Ottawa propellerdancecom

Spirit Synott (ActorDancerPerformer) spir-

itsinitcomcontact-me

Wheel Dance Toronto wheeldanceca

WorkshopsClasses

Dancing with Parkinsons Toronto dancingwith

parkinsonscom

Miles Natal JCCJewish Community Centre 750 Spadi-

na Ave Toronto mnjccorg

EveryBody Dance (workshop at JCC mnjccorg)

Maxine Heppner classes at Intergalactic Arts Collec-

tiveTrinity St Pauls amp Pia Bouman Studios cros-

soceansorg

The Dance Ability Movement danceabilitymove-

mentcom

offering classesworkshops at the following studios

Dance Elite Studio for the Arts - Milton

June Lawrence Sch of Dance - Mississauga

The Dance Workshop - Alliston

Ballare Studio Dance - HamiltonAncaster

JDanse Studio - Scarborough

Elite Dance Corps - Bradford

JCB Danceworks - Richmond Hill

The School of Toronto Dance Theatre Creative

Movement Made for Me with Michelle Si-

lagy schooloftdtorg

SICA Wheel Dance Hour long wheel dance latin class

(mnjccorg

Dance with Kelly (Kelly Morden) dancewith-

kellycom

Additional Information

Akimboca akimboca

AccessTO accesstoca

Grants Available

Ontario Arts Council

416-961-1660 ext 5171 | toll-free in Ontario 1-800-

387-0058 ext 5171

Board Retreatmdash Board and staff met recently at the Ka-nata Village Brantford to review the or-ganizationrsquos longterm strategies and to consider additional activities around DanceWeekendrsquo18 and the six reghional networks While some funding is still pending the DanceWeekendPerformance Committee has suggested that up to three FREE workshops will be offered on event days to give patrons a more immersive experience In addition membersrsquo events taking place from Janu-ary 14 to 21 2018 across the province will be invited to submit listings to be market-ed through electronic media in conjunc-tion with DanceWeekend A Call to mem-bers will be issued later this year In addi-tion several regional hubs will carry live-streaming of one day of performances

Membersrsquo News Catch DanceWeekend17 com-missions by Alyssa MartinRock Bottom Movement Dolphin and Ryan Lee Less at the upcoming Summerworks Aug 3-13 2017 summerworksca Not to be missed Corpus is just back from a tour to Japan and South Africa where they pre-sented Transhumance a 20-sheep version of Les moutons in the context of the com-panys 20th Anniversary New work will be coming in the fall Yvonne Ng is the recipient of the Murriel Sherrin Award for International Achievement in Dance She is the Artis-ticDirector of tiger princess dance pro-jects and DANCEmadei ncanadafaitaucsanada

Barrier FreeDiverse

Abilities Dance

Apolonia Velasquez is the recipient of the 2017 KM Hunter Artist Awards ldquoWe are very im-pressed at the caliber of artists our awards attract and wish all the winners this year great success in the pursuit of their workrdquo says Sa-rah Hunter President KM Hunter Charitable Foundation ldquoWe also would like to thank Eleanor Hart Damiano Pietropaolo and Bernard Leroux in helping chair our juries this year We welcome this years winners into the growing family of artists who have received the KM Hunter Artist Awardsrdquo Emily Cheung will be cele-brating her 10th Anniversary as Artistic Director of Little Pear Gar-den Dance Company TAPA lsquos Dora Mavor Moore award recipients in the Dance Division were as follow what itrsquos like Outstanding Produc-tion adelheidHeidi Strauss Ylem (3 Eggs Ago) Outstanding Original Choreography Lina Cruz (DanceWorks Throwdown Collec-tive ) Kittly-Bender Outstanding Perfor-mance - Female Jennifer Dallas (DanceWorks CoWorks) Crave Outstanding Performance - Male Michael Caldwell ( Kaeja drsquoDance) Congratulations

Member Profile Susan Green Mitzvah Technique Teacher Training School The Mitzvah Technique is a gentle and dynamic discipline which helps correct the source of postural alignment problems tension and strain It helps solve difficult and multiple problems Dancers use it before during and after dance ac-tivities to achieve higher legs and jumps and freedom of movement Movement quality is refined to support more fluid and expressive performers and choreogra-phers Susan Greenrsquos teacher training course qualifies Mitzvah Technique Teachers in a three level teacher diploma course Students learn to perform and teach Ne-hemiarsquos Mitzvah Technique through verbal and hands on chair stool barre wall floor movement exercises and tablework susan-greendancecom

Barrier Free Venues (performancesworkshops

classes)

AKI Studio TheatreNative Earth Performing Arts 585

Dundas St E Toronto nativeearthca

Dancemakers Centre for Creation 15 Case Goods

Lane Studio 312 Toronto dancemakersorg

Harbourfront Centre (Fleck Dance Theatre

Harbourfront Centre TheatreStudio Theatre

Brigantine Room) harbourfrontcentrecom

Intergalactic Arts Collective

Miles Natal JCC Jewish Community Centre 750 Spadi-

na Avenue Toronto mnjccorg

Pia Bouman Studios piaboumanschoolorg

The Citadel 304 Parliament St Toronto cole-

manlemieuxcom

Theatre Centre 1115 Queen Street W Toronto thea-

trecentreorg

Trinity St Pauls Church

Integrated and Disabled Dance Companies amp Per-

formers (Ontario)

Abilities Arts Festival Toronto in-

foabilitiesartsfestivalorg

Dance Ability Movement Mississauga danceabil-

itymovementcom

Lawrence Shapiro (Dancer) httpcalinkedincom

lawrence-shapiro-43977719

Maxine Heppner (Dancer

Choreographer) acrossoceansorg

Peggy Baker (DancerChoreographer) peggybaker-

dancecom

Picasso PRO picassoproorg

Propeller Dance Ottawa propellerdancecom

Spirit Synott (ActorDancerPerformer) spir-

itsinitcomcontact-me

Wheel Dance Toronto wheeldanceca

WorkshopsClasses

Dancing with Parkinsons Toronto dancingwith

parkinsonscom

Miles Natal JCCJewish Community Centre 750 Spadi-

na Ave Toronto mnjccorg

EveryBody Dance (workshop at JCC mnjccorg)

Maxine Heppner classes at Intergalactic Arts Collec-

tiveTrinity St Pauls amp Pia Bouman Studios cros-

soceansorg

The Dance Ability Movement danceabilitymove-

mentcom

offering classesworkshops at the following studios

Dance Elite Studio for the Arts - Milton

June Lawrence Sch of Dance - Mississauga

The Dance Workshop - Alliston

Ballare Studio Dance - HamiltonAncaster

JDanse Studio - Scarborough

Elite Dance Corps - Bradford

JCB Danceworks - Richmond Hill

The School of Toronto Dance Theatre Creative

Movement Made for Me with Michelle Si-

lagy schooloftdtorg

SICA Wheel Dance Hour long wheel dance latin class

(mnjccorg

Dance with Kelly (Kelly Morden) dancewith-

kellycom

Additional Information

Akimboca akimboca

AccessTO accesstoca

Grants Available

Ontario Arts Council

416-961-1660 ext 5171 | toll-free in Ontario 1-800-

387-0058 ext 5171

Board Retreatmdash Board and staff met recently at the Ka-nata Village Brantford to review the or-ganizationrsquos longterm strategies and to consider additional activities around DanceWeekendrsquo18 and the six reghional networks While some funding is still pending the DanceWeekendPerformance Committee has suggested that up to three FREE workshops will be offered on event days to give patrons a more immersive experience In addition membersrsquo events taking place from Janu-ary 14 to 21 2018 across the province will be invited to submit listings to be market-ed through electronic media in conjunc-tion with DanceWeekend A Call to mem-bers will be issued later this year In addi-tion several regional hubs will carry live-streaming of one day of performances

Membersrsquo News Catch DanceWeekend17 com-missions by Alyssa MartinRock Bottom Movement Dolphin and Ryan Lee Less at the upcoming Summerworks Aug 3-13 2017 summerworksca Not to be missed Corpus is just back from a tour to Japan and South Africa where they pre-sented Transhumance a 20-sheep version of Les moutons in the context of the com-panys 20th Anniversary New work will be coming in the fall Yvonne Ng is the recipient of the Murriel Sherrin Award for International Achievement in Dance She is the Artis-ticDirector of tiger princess dance pro-jects and DANCEmadei ncanadafaitaucsanada

Advertise on Dance Ontariorsquos website Danceontarioca receives 1500 hits daily and is the go-to source for cur-rent information including jobs audi-tions classes workshops shows and schoolcompany contact information Rates Ad on Home page $50 per month $250 for 6 months Ad on Training Jobs and Directory pag-es randomly refreshed $35 per month $175 for 6 months Ad on all four pages $75 per month $375 for 6 months

Please contact amydanceontarioca

for more information

Dance Ontariorsquos

Directory 201718 can now be downloaded from the

website

Advocacy Updates

httppaso-opsacom After working with the PASO-OPSA on suc-cessful lobbying efforts around increases for the Ontario Arts Council and the Ontar-io Trillium Foundation the group will now be concentrating on developing policy platforms for the next provincial election set for June 17 2018

News from the Networksmdash WINDSOR DANCE NETWORK Taisa Petruk (Coordinator) The Windsor network and has an upcom-ing meeting in mid-July which will also be attended by Jessa A gilo of ArtsPond An invitation has also been extended to the Ontario Arts Council This group is looking at event possibilities around Culture Days and the development of an events calen-dar The HALTON DANCE NETWORK (HDN) Kate Lowe and Alan Faisal (Coordinators) Once again the Networkrsquos collaborators enjoyed a very successful celebration of International Dance Day through the Flu-orescence Festival when approx 250 stu-dents of the HDSB participated They are now working on plans for Culture Days which hs now become a regular part of their season LONDON DANCE NETWORK (LDN)

Bizz Varty (Coordinator) London Dance Festival took place at the

beginning of July and the net-work will now be helmed by the festivalrsquos director Bizz Varty who has plans for activities over the entire year DUFFERIN DANCE NETWORK(DDN) Catherine Carpenko (Coordinator) DDN continues ongoing activities including a very active Facebook page offering current events throughout the region They offer the popular Ecstatic monthly workshops ALGOMASAULT STE MARIE DANCE NETWORK Richard Kim (Coordinator) mdashStudios in St Ste Marie are still recovering from a full spring season of competitions and re-citals They are in the planning stages for late summerfall activ-ities SUDBURY DANCE NETWORK (SDN) Lauren Foy (Coordinator) The Sudbury Network has plans under way for Culture Days and a meeting planned for later in July

Turn

Out

CIUT

895FM

Hosted by Samara Thompson

(Dance Ontariorsquos Board Chair)

Nicole Hamilton and Malgorzata

Nowacka Turn Out connects

with independent artists dance

celebrities historians costum-

ers writers and latest dance

gadgets and trends

Tune in 9am every Wednesday

Job Opportunities TEACHING POSITIONS for full listings seemdashwwwdanceontariocaJobs)

ONTARIO WIDE UGOTDANCE wwwugotdancecom Quick Ball Change quickballchangegmailcom Outside Looking In Urban dance pmolishowcom Travelling Stage Co Dance and Drama wwwthetravellingstagecom Conservatory of Dance amp Music various cdmdancemecom DancePl3YmdashDance InstructorsMaster Trainers hellodancepl3ycom Bowmanville We are looking for instructors for classes running from September 2017 to June 2018 abbeyaspureacribaticsca Burlington Ignite Dance Project Hip Hop amp Tap Instructor infoignitedanceprojectca Caledonia Stars On Stage Highland Instructor infostarsonstageca Concord Jazz Be Nimble Multi Disciplinary Teacher jazzbenimblegmailcom Etobicoke Dance Instructors needed for 201718 for Studio 416-239-1496

Gananoque Competition Acro amp Jazz Instructor liciajessupgmailcom

Guelph Certified Ballet Instructor to lead Com-petitive Company Ballet estherkayre-tagmailcom Affinity Dance Arts Acro Teacher coletaaffinitydanceartsca Keswick Core School of Dance looking for ac-credited Ballet instructor coreschoolofdsncegmailcom Markham KampK Dance Dreamz in Markham is currently accepting resumes from experienced instructors for subbingfuture positions kyla-dixon1yahooca Newmarket Looking for multiple disciplines and credentials and in general a passion for teaching and kids Fully recreational and com-petitive dance school looking for choreogra-phers as well as seasonal teachers summer schoolcamp workers 905 476 1407 Oshawa Male BallroomLatin Instructor in-forhythyndynamicsca Ballet amp Hip Hop Teacher experienced RAD or vaughanova platinumdanceprojectgmailcom

Stouffville Impact Dance Company is a growing studio located in Stouffville (close to Markham) and looking for new faculty

to begin September 2017 soniaimpactdancecompanyca

Tavistock Dance Aarts Academy looking for part-timeinstructor kellydanceaartsca Thornhill Looking for RAD ballet jazz tap acro dance teacher for September 2017 sea-son allegrodance5gmailcom Toronto Lindsay Roden Dance Academy is a growing studio located in North Toronto and is looking for dance instructors to join her team for the 20172018 Dance Season lrdanceacademygmailcom Vaughan Acro JazzContemporary Instruc-tors infofouetteacademycom DrsquoAir Dance Collective looking for instructor dairdancecooutlookcom ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS See website listings at danceontarioca Canadarsquos Ballet JorgenmdashTechnical Director for 2017-18 Season productionmanag-erballetjorgenca Dance Stream Studio Vaughan Admin Asst thedancestreamgmailcom Kaeja drsquoDance Admin amp Associate Produc-er Toronto kaejakaejaorg Ballare Performing Arts Centre Woodbridge Studio Director Recreational Program workballareca In Harmony Dance amp Wellness Newmarket Recreational Instructor inharmo-nydancegmailcom

TORONTO SCHOOL OF BALLET 3785 Kingston Rd 647-352-5538 infotorontoschoolofballetca QUINTE BALLET SCHOOL SUMMER DANCE INTEN-SIVE Belleville ON 1-866-962-9274 in-foquinteballetschoolcom SUMMER INTENSIVE PROGRAMS AT THE SCHOOL OF TORONTO DANCE THEATRE 80 Winchester St Toronto ON andreaschooloftdtorg 416 967 6887 BURLINGTON DANCE ACADEMY in-fobdacademyca 905 637 2269

SEAN BOUTILIER- FULL DAY SUMMER CAMP Mississauga Location August 21st to August 25th 900-400PM Etobicioke Location August 14th- 18th 900-400pm PEGGY BAKER DANCE PROJECTS AUGUST INTENSIVE Toronto ON michellepeggybakerdancecom 416 538 4436 THE CARRET DANCE CONSERVATORY AUGUST INTENSIVE idanceprogramgmailcom 905-617-2037

2017 SUNDANCE Toronto ON 416 924 5657 sun-danceccdtorg wwwsundanceccdtorg

PERFORMANCE DANCE ACADEMY GUELPH See Summer schedule through link below httpswwwperformancedanceacad

TORONTO DANCE COMMUNITY LOVE-IN July 3-7 amp July 10-14 2017

930AM-6PM

Dovercourt House 1st Floor

805 Dovercourt Rd Toronto

KampK DANCE DREAMZ SUMMER PROGRAMS

(MARKHAM) kandkdanceca905 201 8909

DANCE WITH KELLY SUMMER DANCE CAMP

Toronto ON dancewithkellygmailcom

4169106799

RUSSIAN CLASSICAL BALLET ACADEMY INTENSIVE

DANCE PROGRAM TORONTO

647-268-5400

rcbatorontohotmailcom

ISMAILOVA THEATRE OF DANCE SUMMER DANCE

AND PHYSICAL THEATRE INTENSIVE 2017 ismthe-

atreofdancegmailcom

THE SCHOOL OF DANCE Merrilee Hodgins ARAD

Artistic Director

200 Crichton Street Ottawa ON K1M 1W2

aidetheschoolofdanceca 613-238-7838

SOORYU MI YOUNG KIM SUMMER

INTENSIVE KOREAN DANCE amp DRUM PROGRAM

TORONTO

July 10-21 amp Aug 7-18 2017 wwwkoreandancenet kdancekoreandancenet

MEMBERSrsquo OPEN CLASSES

(see also website for up-to-date listings)

BARRIEmdashSimcoe Contemporary Dancers

705-718-5451

BURLINGTONmdashBurlington Footnotes amp Co

burlingtonfootnotescom(tapjazzclogging)

GUELPHmdashDancetheatre David Earle dtdeca

(Graham-based Modern)

ImageomdashModern dance classes for

adults based on the work of David Earle and

Suzette Sherman with live accompaniment

georgiaimageoca

HAMILTONmdashMcMaster Centre for Dance 905

525 9140 x 23571 (All Forms)

MARKHAMmdashK amp K Dance Dreamz

905 201 8909

Ovation Performing Arts ovationartsca

MISSISSAUGA - Dance Kraze (Hip-Hop)

416 885 2715

Tap Dance Centre (KidsAdultsTeachersProfs)

tapdancecentrecom

Whatrsquos On Tap (AdvancedMaster Tap)

whats-on-tap com

OTTAWAmdashDance Network

dancenetworkartengineca(Contact Improv

CapoeiraTangoyogainjury prevention)

THORNHILLmdashTO Tap (Tap)

marionhopkinsrogerscom

The Center Of Movement Pilates for Dance

TheCenterofMovementsympaticoca

TORONTOmdash Academy of Spanish Dance

academyflamencosnet

Across Oceans (movers of all ages and styles)

infoacrossoceansorg

AfroLatino Dance Company afrolatinodccom

(AfroCubanCuban Cabaret)

Arabesque (40 Drop In classeswk)

416 920 5593

Ballet Espressivo ((Beg- Adv BalletBallet Floor

BarreContemporaryImprovisationPerformance)

647 294 0784

Ballet Jorgen (Professional) 416 415 2035

Body Resource Studio (Pilates) 416 360 3816

Brazil Dance World (Samba)brazildanceworldcom

City Dance Corps (SalsaBalletTapJamOpen)

416 260 2356

COBA (Adult Dance amp Drum) infocobainccom

Contact Improv (Introductory) 416 879 8108

Contact Jam Sundays 11 am 416 537 4866

Wednesday Contact Jam 416 545 1515

Dance Kraze Jazz Hip Hop

dancekrazeproductionscom

Dancemakers Company Class (modern)

416 367 1800

Dance Teq (BalletPointe ) 416 361 9498

Fujiwara Dance Inventions

classesfujiwaradancecom

(ButohImprovization)

Gadfly Dance (Hip-HopBreak)

OfilioandApoloniacom

Harbourfront Community Centre 416 392 1509

(Bollywood Belly Hip-Hop Childrenrsquos)

Hercini Arts (Aerial)

herciniartscom

Joy of Dance Centre amp Teachers College

joyofdanceca (Ballet Ballroom Bollywood-to-

Hip-Hop Jazz Zumba)

Kaeja drsquoDance (Master Classes) 416 537 5153

KDSSC - Soo Ryu School of Dance and Drum

Korean Dance wwwkoreandancenet

Latin amp Ballroom Dance 416 598 5354

Lindsay Ritter SMASH Productions

(Commercial Jazz) 416 817 5460

Modern Movement 416 899 6525

(AdultRecreationalModern)

Movement Lab (BalletModernJazz)

416 529 5146

National Ballet of Canada In Studio

416 345 9686 nationalballetcainstudio

Newton Moraes (Adult Brazilian) 416 960 0350

OIP Dance Centre 647 477 5225

(Hip-HopBreakReggaeDanceFITJazz)

Kathleen Rea dancekathleenreacom

Shayenne Productions African Dance

luashayennecom

Skinner Releasing TechniqueJuliajuliasassocom

TO Tap 905 889 8488

Toronto Dance Theatre educationtdtorg

(Ballet for contemporary dancersYoga)

WORKSHOPS Run The Flexc 6-week Beginner Hip-Hop Program July 6mdashAug 10 runtheflexgmailcom Body Listening Heidi Strauss July 24-28 Toronto micghelevolcanoca Angikam 2017 Choreographic Residency Ottawa arzoodancetheatregmailcom

AUDITIONSSUBMISSIONS (See wwwdanceontarioca AuditionsJobs) Dancer for Gym (King amp Spadina) blingblingfit-nessyandexcom Studio LrsquoAvant Premiere Gatineau July 16 Montreal 819 360 5030 Sister ActmdashNofrthumberland Players Cobourg timvanrussellgmailcom Toronto Raptors Dance Pak Toronto July 9 awaddelltorontoraptorscom

Federal Provincial amp Municipal Updates Canada Council for the Artsmdashafter a number of delays Canada Councilrsquos new online application system is now operating Government of Ontario Minister of Tourism Culture amp Sport Eleanor McMahon announced the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) will receive a $20 million increase over four years ie $5m in each of four years Note that this is not accumulative In addi-tion Ontario Trillium Foundation(OTF) will have its funding base returned to the previous level OTF has recently reinstated its provincewide Grow grants

TorontomdashAmendment to the Assess-ment Actmdashissue is still the subject of lobbying by various TO groups Toronto Arts CouncilmdashCatalina Fellay-Dunbar is TACrsquos new Dance amp Literary Arts Officer responsible for the man-agement of dance and literary grants programs Catalina has spent many years as a dance artist educator and advocate Her professional dance ex-perience has long focused on a person-al heritage in Flamenco and Classical Spanish dance Catalina has a BFA and MA in Dance Studies at York University an MA from the Drama Centre at the University of Toronto and certification in Movement Analysis from the Laban Institute for Movement Studies As a PhD candidate in Dance Studies at York University her research examines the intersections between cultural policy and dance arts from fluid pluralistic perspectives Catalina comes to TAC after serving as co-chair of the Canadi-an Alliance of Dance Artists - Ontario

Welcome New Members

Bowmanville Laura Belliveau

Hamilton Alyssa Nedich Keswick Sarah Bergeron Markham Manling Zia Sunridge Kiriaki Dano Toronto Sanjukta Banerjee Mig-gie Esteban Kristen DennisLeslieville Dancelt Jose Miguel Estoban Emilio Colallio Oakville Shauna PodruznyBlossom Bath amp Body Waterloo Caitlin Wilson Woodstock Angela HermanDance Woodstock Burnaby (BC) Mikaela Orford Sidnery (BC) Kiera Shaw New York (USA) Maddie Hansen

JULY

London Dance Festival

London - July 2

Canada Dance Festival July 2-16

Ottawa

wwwcdfca

Toronto Fringe Festival

Various locations July 5-17

The ldquoFrdquo Word

WildWalled

Toronto

wwwfringetorontocom

Sampradaya Dance Creations

Sampradaya Theatre July 15-16

Mississauga

905-607-8434

Alias Dance

TODMORDEN MILLS HERITAGE SITE

67 Pottery Rd Toronto July 15-16

Toronto

Arvinoam Silverman

HAI18 July 28-29

Dancemakers Studio

TO

httpswwweventbritecomehai18-tickets-

34105726145

P E R F O R M A N C E S

AUGUST

SummerWorks Aug 3-13

Dolphin

Less

Toronto wwwsummerworksca

Dusk Dances Aug 7-13

Withrow Park

Toronto

duskdancesca

Dancemadeincanada Aug 17-20

Betty Oliphant Theatre

Toronto

httpwwwprincessproductionsca

dance2017-festival

SEPTEMBER

Toronto International Busker Fest

Toronto Sept 1-4

buskerfestca

DANCE ONTARIO ASSOCIATION

15 Case Goods Lane Ste 304

Toronto ON M5A 3C4 danceontarioca contactdanceontarioca

Images Rock Bottom Movement Dolphin

Dusk Dances